I Ching · Hexagram 31
Xián: Influence
A lake rests on a mountain, and each shapes the other. Xian is the pull between people, the gentle influence that works through openness rather than pressure.
- Keywords
- Attraction, mutual influence, courtship, openness
- Upper trigram
- Lake (Dui)
- Lower trigram
- Mountain (Gen)
- Advice
- Stay open and receptive; real connection is mutual, not forced.
Changing lines
When you cast this hexagram, any changing line is turning into its opposite: yang into yin, or yin into yang. Changing them gives a second hexagram that suggests where things are heading. Hexagram meanings are a starting point for reflection, not predictions.